Stephen Covey Quotes About Communication

Quotes about: Communication

• When we listen with the intent to understand others, rather than with the intent to reply, we begin true communication and relationship building. Opportunities to then speak openly and to be understood come much more naturally and easily.

  Stephen Covey

  Communication, Opportunity, Speak

  Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness”, p.153, Simon and Schuster

• Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.

  Stephen Covey

  Relationship, Trust, Boyfriend

  Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1995). “First Things First”, p.203, Simon and Schuster

• When the trust account is high, communication is easy, instant, and effective.

  Stephen Covey

  Trust, Communication, Easy

  Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.198, Simon and Schuster

• "If I make deposits into an Emotional Bank Account with you through courtesy, kindness, honesty, and keeping my commitments to you, I build up a reserve. Your trust toward me becomes higher, and I can call upon that trust many times if I need to. I can even make mistakes and that trust level, that emotional reserve, will compensate for it. My communication may not be clear, but you'll get my meaning anyway. You won't make me "an offender for a word." When the trust account is high, communication is easy, instant, and effective."

  Stephen Covey

  Life, Change, Honesty

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.230, Mango Media Inc.

• In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.

  Stephen Covey

  Communication, Moving Forward, Character

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.18, Mango Media Inc.

• Communication is the most important skill in life. We spend most of our waking hours communicating. But consider this: You've spent years learning how to read and write, years learning how to speak. But what about listening?

  Stephen Covey

  Communication, Writing, Years

  Stephen R. Covey (2015). “The Stephen R. Covey Interactive Reader - 4 Books in 1: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, First Things First, and the Best of the Most Renowned Leadership Teacher of our Time”, p.336, Mango Media Inc.

• If I were to summarize in one sentence the single most important principle I have learned in the field of interpersonal relations, it would be this: Seek first to understand, then to be understood. This principle is the key to effective interpersonal communication.

  Stephen Covey

  Communication, Healing, Keys

  Stephen R. Covey (1994). “Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day”, p.63, Simon and Schuster

• ...people have character strength but they lack communication skills, and that undoubtedly affects the quality of relationships as well.

  Stephen Covey

  Communication, Character, Skills

  Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.30, Simon and Schuster

• We must seek to understand the intent of communication without prejudging or rejecting the content... Communication, after all, is not so much a matter of intellect as it is of trust and acceptance of others, of their ideas and feelings, acceptance of the fact that they're different, and that from their point of view, they are right.

  Stephen Covey

  Communication, Acceptance, Views

• Effective communication is built on the cement of trust. And trust is based on trustworthiness, not politics.

  Stephen Covey

  Communication, Trustworthiness, Cement

  Stephen R. Covey (1992). “Principle Centered Leadership”, p.118, Simon and Schuster

• Empathic listening is so powerful because it gives you accurate data to work with. Instead of projecting your own autobiography and assuming thoughts, feelings, motives and interpretation, you're dealing with the reality inside another person's head and heart. You're listening to understand. You're focused on receiving the deep communication of another human soul.

  Stephen Covey

  Powerful, Communication, Heart

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.301, Mango Media Inc.

• It's a fact that more people watch television and get their information that way than read books. I find new technology and new ways of communication very exciting and would like to do more in this field.

  Stephen Covey

  Success, Business, Book

• When trust is high, the dividend you receive is like a performance multiplier, elevating and improving every dimension of your organization and your life.... In a company, high trust materially improves communication, collaboration, execution, innovation, strategy, engagement, partnering, and relationships with all stakeholders.

  Stephen Covey

  Leadership, Communication, Organization

  Stephen R. Covey, Rebecca R. Merrill (2008). “The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything”, p.19, Simon and Schuster

• Only as we keep an open communication with our deep inner life will we have the wisdom to make effective choices.

  Stephen Covey

  Communication, Choices, Intuition

  Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1995). “First Things First”, p.127, Simon and Schuster

• Communication is the most important single activity of man.

  Stephen Covey

  Communication, Men, Important

• Employees are given the chance to help shape their company by participating in a company-wide communications program making suggestions on waste reduction, environmental improvement, customer satisfaction, quality improvement, and safety issues.

  Stephen Covey

  Communication, Issues, Safety

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